Huddersfield Town 1, Yeovil 2

May 1 2006 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

IT GOES without saying that Town can't afford to cave in for a third straight home match.

Next time Peter Jackson's team take to the Galpharm pitch will be in the League I play-off semi-finals.

And their mindset, and approach, needs to be more positive than against Chesterfield 13 days ago and Yeovil on Saturday.

One of Town's big strengths this season has been their solid home form, but in their last two outings, they have stuttered badly.

Just as against Chesterfield, Town began brightly and got the reward of a David Graham opener, in this case after eight minutes, but then lost their way.

Controversy surrounded both of Phil Jevons' goals for a Yeovil side who ensured their survival in the division with this victory.

The first, on 66 minutes, was confidently tucked away by the former Everton man after left-back Danny Adams was ruled by assistant referee Steven Cummins to have fouled frontman Arron Davies.

And the second, on 72, was fired into goalkeeper Paul Rachubka's top right-hand corner from a free-kick harshly awarded by whistler Grant Hegley for `climbing' by centre-back Martin McIntosh.

But Town hardly deserved the win they needed to have had any hope of keeping alive their hopes of automatic promotion to the Championship.

They created few clear-cut chances, their passing was poor and they failed to build any phases of concerted pressure, even after going behind.

There was nothing wrong with the way they opened up as Jackson stuck with the same starting line-up, and 4-1-3-2 formation for the previous week's 3-1 win at Walsall.

Chris Brandon, who was busy early on, and Graham both flashed in shots before the opener arrived.